Sunday, 18 April 2010

GameJolt Axiom Contest Spritework

These are all the sprites I drew from scratch for a game that a friend and I were working on which won 1st place in the contest. The prize was a free game from Steam but we felt that coming 2nd place deserved a reward so we offered it to him instead.

z: jump/escape zombie attacksx: shoot/throwdown+x: pick things upc: talks: used: eatup key: enter doors/use phonesdown key: it does what it does in the mario games when you're over a pipearrows: walkF4: toggle fullscreenF12: toggle vsync (use this is there is tearing or the game runs too fast)Enter: pauseEsc: menu

The game was programmed by my friend Theodolite in Blitz Max, whereas my role was to serve as an artist and I drew all the sprites and animated them.

Beholder The classic Dungeons and Dragon's monster which unfortunately did not make it into the final release of the game but it was fun to draw nonetheless.

DogIt was going to be an enemy in the game but I was not able to animate the dog properly so it was left out of the final release.

Female Surface Dweller

The FlukemanFor all of your X-File fans out there only you would know what the flukeman is, it was in an episode of the X-Files and it was my friend's idea to add him to the game, but due to time constraints he was left out of the final release.

Gelatinous CubeNot much to say about this guy, my friend said he had "character" but I didn't like him even though I drew him. He was left out of the final release.

Indian ShopkeeperThe shopkeeper was supposed to be indian and resemble "Apu" from the simpsons, it was my friend's idea and I'm pretty proud of how it came out so well.

Lights/LimelightLeft out of the final release.

Surface Dwellers

Internal Organs and BloodIn the game you can kill people and collect their organs and sell them, it was a funny idea but it made the gameplay more fun. It was also the only source of income in the game.

Short ZombieA common enemy in the sewers part of the game, once he pounces on you he will not let go.

Tall Zombie

Piggy Policeman"Respect my authority" as Cartman would say in southpark. The piggy policeman was the only NPC in the game which would fire upon you if you tried to steal or killed anyone.

Sewer GrateSky BackgroundThis was not used in the final release but I thought it was cool and looked nice.

SurgeonThis guy would heal you for a price and you could also sell organs to him.

Main CharacterThis is the main character of the game, the story goes like this: His brother is dying of a kidney disease so the main character sets out to try to find a way to save him.

Wheelchair GirlThe wheelchair girl was left out because it was too hard to animate and we also did not want to offend any disabled people. Did not make it to final release.

Various Items and AnimationI drew all of these from scratch, the fruits are health pickups which replinish health and so is the pill bottle.